Ribbons : Touch Instrument
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Expressive Synth & MIDI Keys

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Description

Ribbons is an extraordinarily fun and expressive musical instrument.

Inspired by early electronic instruments such as the Ondes Martenot and the Theremin, Ribbons (formerly "Ondes") emulates the fluid playing style of those classic instruments with an interface and synthesis engine firmly grounded in the present day.

Y-axis can be mapped to control the rate and depth of wavetable and filter LFOs.

•••• Effects ••••

Large selection of reverb types with adjustable amount.

Delay effect adjustable level, feedback, time and filter.

•••• MIDI ••••

Use Ribbons as a MIDI controller to control your favorite software and hardware synths. Now supports MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) output or use "classic mode" to manually managed MIDI ports. Map each touch to a unique MIDI Port/ Channel for polyphonic pitch bend. Because of Ribbons' unique pitch bend capabilities, it isn’t like other controllers, so make sure to read the instructions to learn about how to get the best results.

•••• Inter-App Audio ••••

Record directly to Garageband and other audio apps on your iPad using Inter-App Audio or Audiobus.

Built-in Inter-App Audio transport allows you to control a host app’s play, record, and rewind buttons.

Built-in Manual makes it easy to dig in and learn about Ribbons’ features.

What’s New

Version History

1.4

Jan 19, 2019

Ribbons is now Universal! Use Ribbons on your iPhone and explore 3D Touch to control synthesis parameters. Ribbons also now supports MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) output.

Help us improve the app by reporting bugs to support@olympianoiseco.com.

1.3

Dec 21, 2018

• Update layout for iPad Pro.• Fix issue when quickly switching between menus.• Fix crash when long pressing on wavetable MOD TYPE. Long pressing now correctly inverts the modulation polarity.• Fix a crash that could occur when opening the user manual.• New Icon

1.2

May 15, 2017

• Ondes is now "Ribbons."• Super relaxing new color scheme.• Wondrous new icon.• Updated to latest version of Audiobus.

1.1

Nov 20, 2014

What’s new in Ondes version 1.1? A lot!

SWARM OSCILLATORSTwo extra oscillators to thicken your sound. Detune them and tell them lag behind to create a swarm effect.

HOLD BUTTON Press the ‘hold’ button to sustain notes indefinitely. Play melodies over top or move the sustained notes around.

MIDI ModeYou asked for it… You can now control other synths and electronic instruments with Ondes using MIDI. Please read the instructions though — there are a few things you should know about first!

NEW MODULATION PARAMETERSThe Y Axis can now control more parameters:Assign the Y Axis to control wavetable LFO rate & depth.Assign the Y Axis to control filter LFO rate & depth.Adjust the Y Axis to control volume from -100% to 100%

INTER APP AUDIO TRANSPORTUsing Ondes as an instrument in Garageband or other DAW just got easier! You can you control the play, record, and rewind buttons from right inside Ondes.

KEYBOARD RANGE Choose between small (1.5 octave) and large (2.5 octave) range for the keyboard.

SNAPPING New “Scale” and “Chromatic” snapping modes.

SCALES In the mood for some modes? How about the “prometheus” scale? Choose from a bunch of pre-loaded scales or create your own. Save and reuse your custom scale types!

TUNING SYSTEMS Put all that microtonal space to good use with alternate tuning systems. Choose from experimental and traditional tuning systems such as Just Intonation, Pythagorean, and Highland Bagpipe tuning. Create your own tunings or import & export .scala files. (Some limitations apply)

TUNING REFERENCE Ever feel like A440 isn’t right for you? How about A415? That’s more like it.

As always send us an email with your questions or bug reports : support@olympianoiseco.com

1.0

Aug 29, 2014

Jan 19, 2019

Version 1.4

Ribbons is now Universal! Use Ribbons on your iPhone and explore 3D Touch to control synthesis parameters. Ribbons also now supports MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) output.

Help us improve the app by reporting bugs to support@olympianoiseco.com.

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5

16 Ratings

16 Ratings

Kristal of Hummingbird Studios
,02/21/2018

Now my go-to expressive lead app.

This is the control I've been waiting for. I'd like to see a stack of 1-3 vertical sliders on your choice of left or right, color settings, and the ability to assign anything to a slider or Y. A second keyboard above with it's own settings incl. height and pitch offset would be great too.My only complaint is that notes begin on standard pitches even with 0 snap set.Even better than the positive/neg slider would be separate pos/neg amt-amt sliders each with their own y-axis center, or just freehand a vertical levels wave for each parameter. This would truly single out Ribbons as the most expressive live controller possible (unless you want to add four y-level assignments, for each ADSR phase). That would be the ultimate control this app is heading towards. Public domain KRPM.

Kristal of Hummingbird Studios
,02/21/2018

Now my go-to expressive lead app.

This is the control I've been waiting for. I'd like to see a stack of 1-3 vertical sliders on your choice of left or right, color settings, and the ability to assign anything to a slider or Y. A second keyboard above with it's own settings incl. height and pitch offset would be great too.My only complaint is that notes begin on standard pitches even with 0 snap set.Even better than the positive/neg slider would be separate pos/neg amt-amt sliders each with their own y-axis center, or just freehand a vertical levels wave for each parameter. This would truly single out Ribbons as the most expressive live controller possible (unless you want to add four y-level assignments, for each ADSR phase). That would be the ultimate control this app is heading towards. Public domain KRPM.

hobo cline
,06/05/2018

Niche, but good niche

...like my own little Ondes Martenot, but on my iPad Pro. Fun to just mess around with, or go deep and record with.

hobo cline
,06/05/2018

Niche, but good niche

...like my own little Ondes Martenot, but on my iPad Pro. Fun to just mess around with, or go deep and record with.